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amphibiotic

amphibiotic adjective: describing insects that initially live in water but live on land as adults.

Adjective

amphibiotic

  1. Describing insects that initially live in water but live on land as adults

Origin of amphibiotic

From amphi- + biotic.

Questions about amphibiotic

What does amphibiotic mean?
Amphibiotic means describing insects that initially live in water but live on land as adults.
What part of speech is amphibiotic?
Amphibiotic is an adjective.

Words near amphibiotic in the dictionary

  1. amphibiological
  2. amphibiologically
  3. amphibiologist
  4. amphibiologists
  5. amphibiology
  6. amphibiotic
  7. amphibious
  8. amphibious assault ship
  9. amphibious assault ships
  10. amphibious car
  11. amphibious cars

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